SeaBot Maritime, GRi Simulations and Frontier Robotics Feature Human-AI Autonomous Maritime Training Platform
London, with SeaBot Maritime directing operational and training design to ensure real-world maritime relevance.The initiative strengthens how offshore operations are prepared and delivered, pairing advanced simulation with highly trained operators to enhance safety, readiness and operational resilience.VROVAt the core of the platform is GRi Simulation’s VROV (Virtual Remotely Operated Vehicle) system, a real-time marine operations simulator used globally for subsea training. For the project, GRi configured VROV to create a digital twin of an offshore wind farm inspection using a Saab Seaeye Falcon
On-Demand Ocean Bottom Node: A New Era in Deepwater Seismic Monitoring
a step closer to a fundamental shift in deepwater reservoir management.The ChallengeBrazil’s pre-salt reservoirs lie in more than 2,000m water depth, plus another 3,000m beneath the seabed, making seismic imaging particularly challenging.Traditional seismic surveys using ocean bottom nodes (OBNs) provide high-quality seismic data, but are often expensive and logistically complex, involving the repeated deployment and recovery of nodes using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).These factors can limit the frequency and economic viability of frequent 4D seismic campaigns, which are essential for understandin
DroneQ Robotics, Mark Offshore Collaborate with R/V Mintis
Unmanned robotics services provider DroneQ Robotics and offshore support and vessel management Mark Offshore have struck a deal on the latter's new fleet addition 'R/V Mintis.' Mark Offshore manages and operates the DP1 ROV Support & Survey vessel. DroneQ Robotics now has the exclusive rights to deploy the vessel for its own projects, Intertek projects, and third-party projects.Mark Offshore, specialized in maritime consultancy, vessel brokerage & management, and subsea support services, has recently taken a new step by handling the management and operations of the multi-functional
GUH Organizes 8th STEM Challenge for UK Schools, Focusing on Marine Protection
school from each heat then has the chance to travel to Aberdeen to compete in the national final.With an environmental message of marine stewardship and protecting the world’s oceans and seas from plastic pollution at its core, the technology project is built around the premise of creating a new ROV capable of navigating the marine ecosystem to retrieve plastics. The teams of pupils are tasked with designing, building, coding, operating and marketing a model wheeled ROV constructed using Lego Spike sets, with the concepts pitched to a judging panel of industry experts who then decide the winner
Breakthrough Technology Unveiled at Oceanology International
.“Sound Metrics brings highly differentiated technology and a strong reputation for innovation in underwater imaging,” said Mike Read, Chief Executive Officer of OceanSight. “Together with Ocean Floor Geophysics and Neptune Sonar, Sound Metrics strengthens OceanSight’s ability to provide a comprehensive suite of subsea sensing and imaging solutions that help customers better understand and operate in challenging underwater environments.”Hampidjan Advant, a specialist in crafting premium HMPE and Aramid ropes, introduced TechIce, a fiber rope that outperforms all other ropes
FET Launches Remote Control Station for Subsea ROV Operations
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has introduced a new remote control station designed to allow remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems to be operated from any location.The system operates using the ICE Unity ROV control platform released in 2025 and enables remote operations, live streaming of survey data and monitoring of ROV systems.The package includes FET Subsea advanced control chairs, Remote-Connect gateway enclosures and VisualSoft’s video streaming and network player technology. It can be supplied with new ROV systems or installed as an upgrade to existing systems operating with ICE Unity.
Oceaneering Debuts New Electric Propulsion Work Class ROV
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its Subsea Robotics segment has debuted the newest addition to its Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) portfolio, the Momentum Electric Work Class ROV, at Subsea Tieback Forum.The Momentum Electric ROV was developed using a reliability‑driven, data‑informed design approach that re‑engineered the work‑class platform around electric propulsion to improve efficiency and simplify system architecture. The vehicle is designed for 30-day continuous subsea operations, enabling extended support for drilling, inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), surveys, and
SeaBot Maritime, GRi Simulations, Frontier Robotics Deliver Human-AI Autonomous Training Platform
training design to ensure real-world maritime relevance.The initiative strengthens how offshore operations are prepared and delivered, pairing advanced simulation with highly trained operators to enhance safety, readiness and operational resilience.At the core of the platform is GRi Simulation’s VROV (Virtual Remotely Operated Vehicle) system, a real-time marine operations simulator used globally for subsea training. For the project, GRi configured VROV to create a digital twin of an offshore wind farm inspection using a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV. Monopile structures were populated with randomized
IMCA Enhances Digital Learning Hub
and development needs.The first product on the new platform is the migration of the Dynamic Positioning continuing professional development learning program which is designed to be the first step in bringing all their CPD content together in the secure and easy-to-use platform which will offer improved learning and user experience.It is designed to make professional development simpler, richer and better value for users and is built to fit around learners’ needs, with improved function, and enhanced access.As the leading maritime body for Guidance, IMCA’s purpose is to bring all its
February 2026
